Contract Analyst, Financial Analyst-12

Job Description

The MDHHS mission is to provide opportunities, services, and programs that promote a healthy, safe, and stable environment for residents to be self-sufficient. We are committed to ensuring a diverse workforce and a work environment whereby all employees are treated with dignity, respect and fairness. For more information, please visit our MDHHS Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Plan.

Under the direction of the Office of Public Health Transformation (OPHT) Director, the Financial Analyst (FA) serves as the recognized resource responsible for overseeing the financial operations of the Public Health Infrastructure Grant (PHIG), including the Racial Disparities Task Force (RDTF) award and other associated grants. The FA develops and maintains financial policies and procedures for monitoring revenues, expenditures, and subrecipient spending. This position leads the preparation and analysis of program budgets, develops fiscal tools and monitoring systems, conducts forecasting and reporting, and ensures compliance with state and federal regulations. The analyst will provide orientation and training to OPHT staff on fiscal practices, serve as the liaison to the MDHHS budget, contracts, and grant accounting offices, and facilitate financial oversight for all assigned funding sources. As the subject matter expert, the FA provides guidance to OPHT leadership to support sound fiscal decision-making and accountability.

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To Be Considered For This Position You Must

• Apply for this position online via NEOGOV; click on "Apply" in the job posting for instructions on submitting your electronic application. Hard copy applications are not accepted.
• Relevant experience and/or education referred to in the supplemental questions must be documented in the resume, transcript and/or application to allow for accurate screening.
• Attach a resume identifying specific experience and dates of employment. Dates of employment should include month and year and hours per week.
• Attach a cover letter.
• If applicable, attach a copy of an official transcript(s). We accept scanned copies of official transcripts. We do not accept web-based, internet, or copies of unofficial transcripts. Official transcripts provide the name of the institution, confirmation that a degree was awarded and on what date, and the registrar's signature.
  
  

Failure to complete any of the above items may result in your application not being considered. See instructions for attaching files here: Instructions

Required Education And Experience

Education

Possession of a bachelor's degree in any major with at least 12 semester (18 term) credits in one or acombination of the following: accounting, finance, or economics.

Experience

Three years of professional experience providing a systematic review, analysis, interpretation, and/or evaluation of budgets, mortgages, loans, or other financial data, equivalent to a Financial Analyst, including one year equivalent to a Financial Analyst P11.

Alternate Education And Experience

College credits may be substituted on a proportional basis (one year of college education may substitute for one quarter of the required experience) for up to one half of the required experience.

Additional Requirements And Information

• New Employees may be paid a signing bonus up to $2,500. Up to $1,250 may be paid at hire. Up to $1,250 may be paid after satisfactory completion of the initial probationary period****
  
  

Position Location/Remote Office: The physical location of this position is 333 S. Grand Avenue, Lansing, MI. Based on operational needs and within established limits, remote work and alternate or hybrid work schedule requests for this position may be considered. Selected candidates who have been approved to work remotely or a hybrid schedule must complete that work within Michigan. Candidates should confirm work location and schedule at the time of interview.

Responsibilities

Employees will be provided computers to perform state work. Phones may also be provided for necessary communications. If working remotely, employees will be responsible for providing other components of a remote office at their own expense, including:

• A secure work location that allows privacy and prevents distractions.
• A high-speed internet connection of at least 25 Mbps download and 5 Mbps upload.
• Suitable lighting, furniture, and utilities.
  
  

Your application for any position does not guarantee you will be contacted by the Department/Agency for further consideration. Only those applicants interviewed will be notified of the results.

The use of artificial intelligence (AI) software of any kind is prohibited in all areas of the selection process; including, but not limited to, responses to application questions, and responses to interview questions or exercises.

As a Condition of Employment: this position requires successful completion of a background investigation and a criminal records check. If you previously held status in this classification and departed within the last three (3) years, please contact Human Resources regarding your interest in a potential reinstatement. Reinstatement is not guaranteed or required.

The Department of Health & Human Services reserves the right to close this posting prior to its original end date once a sufficient number of applications have been received.

For information about this specific position, please email MDHHSVacancies@michigan.gov . Please reference the job posting number in subject line.

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Accommodations

If you require a reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or selection processes, please contact the ADA coordinator for the agency that posted this position vacancy.